Keep on learnin’

Oct. 7, 2016

We’ve been selected for the Accelerator Academy’s 15th semester!

This week co-founders Shreya and Omid took
part in the first of 12 sessions at the Accelerator Academy – a prestigious
training programme that takes on high-growth startups and provides them with
the mentorship, connections, and tools they need to realise their potential.

As we look ahead to 2017, we know that what
TransferGuru needs to do most urgently in the next year is spread the word.
Most remitters still don’t know that they can easily compare rates on their
next money transfer, and that is something we want to change. We also want to
add more providers for comparisons, and more ways for you to compare. To do all
this, we need to be faster, smarter, and leaner than ever before. It’s what led
us to think we could learn from someone who has pearls of wisdom to offer, and
so we applied for the Accelerator Academy.

The Academy has a long history of
supporting startups that have gone on to make tangible impacts in their
industry (Loot is one of an impressive list of alumni), and provides structured
learning on everything from understanding our customers to hiring the best
talent for the job. Our intention is to take each week’s learnings and use it
not only to make the company better, but to reflect on how exactly we’re going
to make its impact felt by our customers.

Omid had this to say on the next few months
at TransferGuru: “In the next 3 months, we want to be ready to start building a
newer, sleeker version of the site – one that meets our users where they’re at.
We want to redefine the limits on how money transfer is done, and put users
back in control of when, where, and how they send their money. By the time we
finish this programme we’ll be ready to do this.”

As ever, we’re all ears on what you think. If
you have thoughts or questions on how we can make money transfer comparison
easier for you – from countries that we are not yet featuring to information
you want us to find for you – get in touch. We’re also looking to hear from new
providers who want to be featured in our rankings, who can pop a message to
Shreya here.